I'm not a big fan of video review, so I won't comment on it, but that last image is really nice. Getting a blurred background at that distance with a subject that small in the frame is giving it a very nice look. And as always, I love your colors.

Is the lens still shipping without any contact chip on it ? (still no focus confirm, exif, etc ? )

I'm not a big fan of video review, so I won't comment on it, but that last image is really nice. Getting a blurred background at that distance with a subject that small in the frame is giving it a very nice look. And as always, I love your colors.

Is the lens still shipping without any contact chip on it ? (still no focus confirm, exif, etc ? )

Djaaf.

The only mount in Samyang products that has a focus confirm chip is Nikon. None of the others have any electronics. If I were to purchase one of these lenses, I would add a Dandelion focus confirm chip to it and then calibrate it to make sure it was accurate.

The only mount in Samyang products that has a focus confirm chip is Nikon. None of the others have any electronics. If I were to purchase one of these lenses, I would add a Dandelion focus confirm chip to it and then calibrate it to make sure it was accurate.

I did that with my Samyang 14mm, but I'd really like not to do it again, as the calibration process was really a pain to do properly (and for an UWA at f/2.8... I don't really want to think about calibrating the dandelion chip on a 135 f/2... ) Wasn't there a few rumors around saying Samyang would put a chip on its lenses in the not-too-far off future ?

The only mount in Samyang products that has a focus confirm chip is Nikon. None of the others have any electronics. If I were to purchase one of these lenses, I would add a Dandelion focus confirm chip to it and then calibrate it to make sure it was accurate.

I did that with my Samyang 14mm, but I'd really like not to do it again, as the calibration process was really a pain to do properly (and for an UWA at f/2.8... I don't really want to think about calibrating the dandelion chip on a 135 f/2... ) Wasn't there a few rumors around saying Samyang would put a chip on its lenses in the not-too-far off future ?

I shoot the Mamiya-Sekor (M42 mount) 55 f/1.4, 60 f/2.8 1:1 macro; Nikkor AIS 50 f/1.2, 55 f/3.5 1:2 micro, and 105 f/2.5. Motley bunch is from my own old film camera (Mamiya-Sekor, back when they did 135 format cameras) and my dad's old camera. Some reviewer wrote of the AIS 50 f/1.2 that at f/1.2 the sizable aberrations can be thought of as features for certain types of shots.